Work Connexions works with you sales, Marketing, and personnel departments to increase your business. Our site is designed to drive traffic to your website in a ethical and simple way. To help you in this process we have redesigned our homepage. Let us know what you think by commenting in this blog.

Our logo may be downloaded (Usage is subject to agreement of terms and conditions see below) and used by anyone who is registered with Work Connexions and will also gain entitlement to premium advertising please use the feedback form to let us know when you have put it up on your site.

We also have our new leaflet available here. Any business that distributes these leaflets is entitled to 3 premium adverts free.

Work Connexions logo - Terms and Conditions for use

The Work Connexions logo device is a trademark of Work Connexions Limited. Correct usage of Work Connexions logo is vital. Please read the following terms and conditions before you use Work Connexions logo.

Ownership

• Is the proprietor of the Work Connexions, and any copyright subsisting in and the goodwill relating to the Work Connexions logo.
• The benefit of all use of the Work Connexions logo and any additional goodwill accrued as a result of your usage of the logo or other activities in connection there with shall inure to Work Connexions Limited.

Usage and placement

• Work Connexions logo should only appear in the horizontal position and as dictated by the detailed usage guidelines.
• You may only use the version(s) of Work Connexions logo supplied or approved by Work Connexions Limited.

Colours and specification

• Wherever possible, the logo should be presented in colour.
• The logo is also available in mono for publications produced in less than four colours – see usage guidelines for details.

Minimum Size

• In printed materials, the logo should be no smaller than 40mm wide.
• The minimum size of the logo on website pages should be 152 pixels wide and 60 pixels high.

Other graphics

• Work Connexions logo should never appear in combination with any other symbol or icon. The logo is never to appear inside a shape, such as an oval shape. The colours of the logo must never be altered.

Proximity to other elements

• To properly stage the logo, a minimum clearance between the logo and other elements (such as text, logos, marks or any other items) must be maintained. Clear space to the width of the letter ‘O’ as dictated by the detailed usage guidelines is required around the diameter of the logo.

Other guidelines

• The logo must be used as provided by and the colours, colour depth or design of the logo are not to be changed.
• The use of the logo is restricted to this approved purpose only. Future editions, applications or projects will require further application to Work Connexions Limited.
• The logo is not to be used for any other purpose without the specific written approval of Work Connexions Limited.

Let your voicemail do your dirty work

Let your voicemail do your dirty work
“Ever give someone your number, then change your mind? Want to give someone a piece of your mind without any interruptions? Or hang up on pesky telemarketers?

New theme, new focus

As often happens when you try and do too many things, or at least when I do, nothing gets done very well. Case in point, maintaining multiple blogs just isn’t working any longer. None of them are getting the attention they deserve and it is really starting to show

Getting started the right way

Making the decision to move from amateur writing to actually working towards a freelance career, even if only part time, wasn ’t a small decision. I knew that if I wanted to do it right I had to learn from someone who was already a published freelance writer. Initially I thought reading a few books on the subject would be a great way to learn

Reblogging w/ Google Reader and Rad Geek’s FeedWordPress

Using Google reader to filter through all of your rss feeds and build up your Google Shared items, grab the rss feed of this, you can reblog your Google Shared items complete with your ads and styling on your own blog using Feedwordpress plugin from http://projects.radgeek.com/feedwordpress. Any rss feed will work

As part of the Isle of Man we could not let it pass without mentioning The TT centenary biking event on our Island.

Macbeths second floor. Time: 7.30 PM

For many businesses that are starting to make their first foray into the online world it is easy to think that all you need to do is to make a website and you are done. Unfortunately nothing is further from the truth. By making a website if it is not integrated into a large network it is going to have a limited effect . That sounds quite harsh but it is the reality without linking in to other sites no search engine will ever find your site.

Page ranking will be nonexistent. For example if somebody types in printers Liverpool street in a search engine and it is not linked, The search engine will bring back a negative result. By this we mean you will not be featured in the first page of results. Linking is key to the internet. (it’s what we do)

What do we mean by linking:

A hyperlink (often referred to as simply a link ) Hyperlinks are part of the foundation of the World Wide Web created by Tim Berners-Lee . This last sentence is pulled from Wikipedia, but it says it all to increase your business you have to forge links with others. This is much the same in the real world and why networking events are so important to business.

We have just signed up for a two months radio campaign on Manx Radio,  

Listen to our interview on Manx Radio:

Here: http://www.workconnexions.com/newsletterarchive/mandatethurs.mp3

Stats

Last week we had 34,291 hits which is a significant jump compared to the previous week. This means we have increased our traffic by more than 70 percent, which is a sign of our ever growing presence on the Internet and the growth in advertising.

Work Connexions Networking event 7.30 pm 17 of April in Douglas, Isle of Man

Topic 1: Blogging and Business

Topic 2: ISO 27001

Location: Douglas, Victoria street, Macbeths second floor. Time: 7.30 PM

Networking events are free to members and GBP 2.00 for Guests

If you would like to participate or have any questions please contact Work Connexions on

Tel: 00 44 121 288 9051

More and more users are signing up

It is great to see more and more users are signing up, we would like to remind you that Work Connexions is based on building an online profile. This allows us to link to your business or vocation. It is therefore beneficial to spend some time building your profile as this will benefit you in the long term.

The Work Connexions team

This is one the most interesting articles about online user communities written by Kathy Sierra. Available here We have condensed it below to give you an idea. We actively support these ideas in our forum.

Work Connexions Team

There Are No Dumb Questions and There are No Dumb Answers

The best way to grow a user community is to get even the beginners to start answering questions. The more they become involved, the more likely they are to stick with it through the rough spots in their own learning curve, and we all know that having to teach or explain something to another person accelerates our own understanding and memory of the topic. The problem, of course, is that the beginners are… beginners. So, here are a few tips used by javaranch, one of the most successful user communities on the planet

1) Encourage newer users–especially those who’ve been active askers–to start trying to answer questions
One way to help is by making sure that the moderators are not always the Ones Who Know All. Sometimes you have to hold back the experts to give others a chance to step in and give it a try.

2) Give tips on how to answer questions
Post articles and tips on how to answer questions, which also helps people learn to communicate better. You can include tips on how to write articles, teach a tough topic, etc.

3) Tell them it’s OK to guess a little, as long as they ADMIT they’re guessing

4) Adopt a near-zero-tolerance “Be Nice” policy when people answer questions
Don’t allow other participants (especially the more advanced users) to slam anyone’s answer. A lot of technical forums especially are extremely harsh, and have a culture where the regulars say things like, “If you think that, you have no business answering a question. In fact, you have no business even DREAMING about being a programmer. Better keep your paper hat day job, loser.”

5) Teach and encourage the more advanced users (including moderators) how to correct a wrong answer while maintaining the original answerer’s dignity.
And again, zero-tolerance for a**holes. All it takes is one jerk to stop someone from ever trying it again.

6) Re-examine your reward/levels strategy for your community
Is there a clear way for new users to move up the ranks? Are there achievable, meaningful “levels”?

Also, before you point out counter-examples of successful communities like slashdot… remember, I’m talking about user communities–people using a particular product or service–and not just any community. I’m sure there are tons of, say, political forums where a “be nice” policy is not only unneccessary, but most likely impossible.